Record-breaking rains predicted for State College area

State College and surrounding areas may experience record-breaking rains Saturday.

The National Weather Service, which predicted 2.7 inches of rain for the area Saturday, posted a flood watch for 2 a.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday. The record for rain on June 27 in State College was set in 1970 at 2.04 inches.

“For most people it’ll be a very soggy weekend,” NWS meteorologist Craig Evanego said. “There will be standing water in places like fields, low-lying areas and areas of poor drainage. We don’t have any big rivers around here, but we expect some around the state will go up at least a few feet.”

Evanego attributed the forecast of heavy rains to an area of low pressure traveling up the Ohio Valley and across Pennsylvania.